Singapore
Despite being the second smallest country in Asia, Singapore is known for having one of the top-ranked universities in Asia – the National University of Singapore (NUS). For 6 months I will be going on an exchange at this university doing my master’s thesis at the department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. In this blog you can read about my experiences and thoughts as I embark on this journey.
Ready, set, take off
| January 13, 2019 | 1 comment
On Sunday last week, the day that I have been waiting for finally arrived. It was time for my departure to Singapore. During the past few months there has been a lot of paperwork and deadlines, much more than I first anticipated. It has been a bit stressful at times, but it is nice that this part of my exchange will soon be over and I will start focusing on my thesis project. Those of you that are considering going on an exchange to Singapore, remember that what they say about starting early with the paperwork is truly a great idea! In my case I was still finishing some things that needed to be done during the last days before my departure.
It has been quite a busy week with a lot of orientation activities, paperwork for the student pass and meetings with the lab as well as online modules for lab safety etc. However, I’m slowly getting settled in this country and most of all getting used to this weather. Since it is raining season the weather is a bit unpredictable, especially when you are not used to it, but if you always bring an umbrella or have time to escape the rain in one of the malls it is just fine.
Yesterday I went with two friends to look around in the city, which was beautiful. Since it started raining cats and dogs we had to change our plan to go and see the light-show in the Gardens by the Bay, so we will have to come back. Luckily we have 4,5 months to do so.
See you here again soon!
//Paulina
Follow my exchange in Singapore!
| October 7, 2018 | 0 comments
Hi there! Welcome to my blog where you can follow my exchange at the National University of Singapore (NUS). For almost 6 months I will be doing my master’s thesis project in the lab of professor Lim Kah-Leong studying possible links between exposure to environmental toxins and deficiency of the protein AMP-kinase (AMPK), a key cellular regulator of energy metabolism. Hope to see you here again soon!
//Paulina